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Pneumonia Due to Herpes Zoster
Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
- SUMER PEK, M.D.; and
- PAUL W. GIKAS, M.D.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Paul W. Gikas, M.D., 2215 Fuller Rd., Ann Arbor, Mich., 48105.
Excerpt
Pneumonia due to varicella is a well-recognized entity. Pulmonary involvement has rarely been observed in herpes zoster; the case we present is such an example. The recently recognized similarity between the two diseases requires revision of some concepts pertaining to them; review of the literature relative to pathogenesis, propagation of the causative agent, and factors leading to variations in the manifestations of herpes zoster and varicella serves this purpose.
CASE REPORT A 28-year-old man entered the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital on December 19, 1961, for the tenth time within a period of 5 years. A diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease
Summario in Interlingua
Le agentes causative de varicella e herpete zoster es identic e pote esser classificate como virus de varicella-zoster.
Varicella es le resultato de un dissemination hematogene del virus. In herpete zoster, le morbo es confinate a tissus nervose e cutanee a causa del prevention de viremia per un immunitate partial acquirite in un previe exposition al virus. Quando iste immunitate partial es destruite per subjacente morbos maligne o therapia immunosuppressive, le transporto del virus in le fluxo del sanguine deveni possibile, e dissemination cutanee e (plus rarmente) visceral del morbo occurre. Un pneumonia interstitial a virus pote occurrer como complication de herpete zoster del pelle si ben como de varicella.
Es describite un nove caso de pneumonia del typo de herpete zoster. Le diagnose esseva provate per le demonstration del typic corpores de inclusion intranucleari intra le parenchyma pulmonar.
Es estimate que le incidentia de pneumonia in patientes con herpete zoster es infra 3 pro cento. Isto se compara con 38 pro cento in patientes adulte con varicella.
Article and Author Information
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From the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pathology, The University of Michigan, and U. S. Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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- Received June 24, 1964.
- Accepted August 12, 1964.
